Anxiety
Anxiety in a dream is, surprisingly, sometimes a good omen — the dark that precedes relief, the threatened state that gives way to renewal of mind. But over something weighty it can simply mirror the worry we carry. The dream tends to ask what we are anxious over, and whether the dread is passage or warning.
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These are the entries the historical dream-books record for anxiety, in their own words. They are period voices, not predictions, and they do not always agree with one another.
Gustavus Hindman Miller, 1901
A dream of this kind is occasionally a good omen, denoting, after threatening states, success and rejuvenation of mind; but if the dreamer is anxious about some momentous affair, it indicates a disastrous combination of business and social states.